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No. 623,2l0. Patented Apr. 18, I899. E. GIER.

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(Application filed Feb. 17, 1898.)

{No Model.)

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IlNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD GIER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,210, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed February 17, 1898. Serial No. 670,692. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GIER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and practice the same.

This invention relates to improvements in toys, and more particularly to that class of toys known as jumping-jacks, and it consists in the novel arrangement and construction of the parts whereby two figures are compelled to imitate the movements of trapeze performers on the opposite ends of a horizontal bar.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy, the handle being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, viewed from the top, the handle being cut away at the top. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the upper end of the handle, the cap being removed. Fig. at is a detail view of the same, the cap being shown in position.

To facilitate the description with reference to the drawings, I will designate the figures by the letters A and A. The figures are constructed from thin material, such as wood, and the legs are pivotally attached to the body and jointed, as shown in the drawings. The arms of the figures are pivotally attached to the body and are rigidly mounted upon the cross-bar B, They are held firmly in position by the construction of the cross-bar B, which is bent and returned upon itself to form the extensions B. The extensions B are set upon the opposite sides of the pivotal center of the cross-bar B, and thus carry the weight same plane as the extensions B, sothat when in the poised position of the figures the crank B extends laterally from the bar.

The bar B is mounted pivotally in the top' of the handle 0, the angular slot 0, formed in the sides'of the handle, being provided to receive the bar,as shown in Fig. 3. In this construction the bar may be readily placed in its position in the handle by inserting it in the perpendicular extension of the slots and turning it into the lateral extensions of the same.

Attached to the crank B is a connectingrod D, at the lower end of which is provided a loop D. The loop Dis pivotally attached to the short push-bar E; The push-bar E is mounted in a short cylinder E, which fits snugly into the lower end of the handle 0. The push bar E is extended by a spiral spring E \Vhen the bar B is in position in the slots 0 at the top of the handle 0, the cap F is placed in position to hold the bar in its bearings. For this purpose the cap F is provided with the angular slots F, oppositely extended from the direction of the slots 0 in the handlef \Vhen in position, the cap F is secured with solder, or a point may be driven, the object being to prevent the removal of the cap.

In constructing the toy as described the bar B is provided with one of the figures A and the handle is provided with the connecting-rod D,the push-rod E, and its connections. By pushing the bar E the upper end of the connecting-bar is extended so that the end of the cross-bar B may be threaded through the loopat the upper end of the bar B until the loop rests within the crank B The crossbar B is then inserted in the slots 0 in the top of the handle, and the cap F is set in position and secured. The remaining figure A is then mounted upon its end of the cross-bar B, the extension B being bent to extend into the perforation provided in the end of the arms to receive it. The toy is now constrncted.

In its operation the pressure of the finger upon the push-bar E extends upward the crank B causing the cross-bar B torotate. If this is done rapidly, the Weight of the figures A and A by theirinertia will throw the crank B over the center, when the expansion of the spring IE will force outward the pushbar E and draw the connecting-rod D and the crank B down upon the opposite side of the bearing of the cross-bar B. The inertia of the figures will now carry the crank past the center on the lower side, when the pressure of the push-bar E will repeat the operation of the figures. In this way a complete and continuous swing about the cross-bar may be imparted to the figures. At the same time by moving the push-bar to any position the cross-bar B may be partly rotated and arrested in any position, which will produce various anduncertain evolutions on the part of the figures caused by the joining of the members of the figures. By means of this construction the toy may be operated from any positionnpright, horizontal, or downward.

It will thus be seen that the present toy is easily constructed and assembled and that by reason of the spring E the plunger E can be rapidly reciprocated, whereby rapid and amusing action is imparted to the figures. Furthermore, the device can be held in one hand and the plunger operated by the thumb of the said hand.

' Having thus described this invention, itiscross-bar centrally provided with a flange;

with two figures suspended from the opposite sides of the said cross-bar to counterbalance each other upon the rotary center of the crossbar; a hollow handle in which the cross-bar is mounted; a connecting-rod extending beyond the lower end of the handle; and a spring to extend the said connecting-rod beyond the end of the said handle, substantially as described.

2. A toy comprising a hollow handle having a longitudinal slot extending inwardly from one edge thereof, a bar journaled in said slot and carrying an appropriate, figure, a cap fitting the end of the handle, said cap havinga longitudinal slot extending inwardly from its outer edge and receiving the bar, and an operating member within the handle and connected to the bar for rotating the same; sub stantially as described.

3. A toy comprising a hollow handle having oppositely-extending bayonet-slots opening from one end thereof, a bar fittingin said slot and extending upon each side of the handle, said bar carrying appropriate figures,-'1neans for retaining the bar in its slots, and an operab ing member within the handle and connected to the bar for rotating the same; substantially as described.

4. A toy comprising a hollow handle, a bar journaled therein and carrying an appropriate figure, a member secured to the handle and projecting inwardly from its inner wall, a push-rod Within the handle and accessible to the operator, a spring between the rod and the projecting member, whereby said rod is yieldingly held in a given position, and connections between said rod and the bar for operating the latter from the former; substantially as described.

5. A toy comprising a handle, a bar journaled therein, said bar having its outer end recurved, an appropriate figure having an arm in which are fastened both the bar proper audits recurved end, and means for rotating the bar; substantially as described.

6. A toy comprising a hollow handle having oppositely-extending bayonet-slots opening from the top end thereof, a bar having recurved ends and a cranked central portion, the said bar resting in the slots and having its cranked portion within the handle, a cap having oppositelyextending bayonetslots opening from its outer edge, said cap fitting over the end of the handle and having the bar resting in its bayonet-slots, a cylinder s'ecured within the handle, a top upon said cylinder having an opening therein, a push-rod passing through the opening in the top of the cylinder and extending beyond the bot-tom of the handle, a coiled spring between the rod and the'cylinder-top whereby said rod is normally held projecting beyond the handle, and a connecting-rod pivoted to the rod and the cranked portion of the bar; substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of February, 1898.

ED\VARD GIER.

Witnesses:

E. F. MURDocK, AL. HoOABn. 

